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Like halite, it forms clear, transparent crystals that are much softer than glass and exhibit good cubic cleavage. The only easy way to distinguish the two is by their taste. Halite is salty, while sylvite is quite bitter.
Salty taste. H=2.5. Cubic form and cleavage. Gypsum CaSO 4*2(H20) 2 2.3 White Colorless, white, or grey. Translucent to transparent. Tabular, prisms, blades, or needles. 1 good cleavage plane. H=2. 1 cleavage plane. Translucent. Bauxite gibbsite, Al(OH) 3 1-3 2-2.5 White white, gray, yellow, red, dull to earthy luster